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What's YOUR Game of the Year and WHY is it Elden Ring?
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My favorite game is dauntless on switch because it’s a explore game and like you destroy monsters and upgrade your weapons and armor so I hope your could play this Wood.
@@Your_starbucks_Boy its basically bad monster hunter rise, you should try monster hunter its way better!
Elden Ring deserves GOTY solely because it has a game-to-cutscene ratio of 95% gameplay to 5% cutscenes instead of Ragnarok's 30% gameplay to 70% cutscenes.
The ideal ratio would be 80% gameplay and 20% cutscenes. Elden Ring is much closer to that, so Elden Ring wins.
Amazing bud but no man's sky realised in 2016 not 2015
GofW or ER, this showdown will be epic. Let the best game win.
That ad deserves it’s own award! 😂
“I’m banana puddin’ my prices so low!” Genius!
We got tropical
Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z. Bro, I'm dead.
“We’ve got a banana bunch of these”
Holy sh*t.
“We’ve split the prices in half”
I’m absolutely dead “from a to chimpanzee” it doesn’t stop
I think wood has a secret hidden talent: local-car-dealership-style ad mastery
That was great, It sounded like a commercial from rick and morty interdimensional cable.
Is it just me or does he sound completely like Morty from rick and morty? edit: just got to the end of the ad... oh it was intentional... Amazing morty impressiona lmao
I think this is your absolute best idea for how to share a sponsor. I laughed so hard. You’re amazing!! ❤
And banana splittin’ my prices in half
Kinda sounds like morty
@@isaaccruz3267you took the words out of my mouth
Yeah the door commercial in rick and morty
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okay but why are we comparing a random location theme from xc3 to elden ring’s literal final boss theme 😂
because
@@chknlegz1686 because?
If comparing best boss themes found in each game… yeah why not Moebius Battle? Which even as a non-final boss track, overtakes the Elden Ring final boss theme.
@@corrinflakes9659for real. He really thought “let’s use this minor area theme that most people will probably forget about against Elden Ring’s arguably most memorable theme”. The bias is so obvious lol
That’s the main menu theme
As a huge Xenoblade fan, I'm simply just happy that Xenoblade 3 was in these awards at all. It's already won in my heart just for being here.
Same here
69th like and i agree
Imagine being a xenoblade fan, touch grass.Only @videogamedunkey can these poor souls
@@nastyhulkbuster286 bro shut up respect peoples opinions- you've probably never played it
I really hope Xenoblade 3 wins the music award at least. It's definitely my game of the year
This was my favorite ad you have ever done!!! It was hilarious and informative. I didn’t want to skip it at all!!
God of war does have lots of linear parts, but there’s entire sections of the game that you would never go to, or experience without taking a few minutes to do a side quest, walk around, or get materials. It’s much more of an open game then what is presented.
Honestly, he must've just rushed through the main quest. I've personally found in the 'exporation sections' there's so much I would've missed if I hadn't taken my time.
@@Luxaron yes! Exactly, I am 34 hours in and just now getting to the end. With probably 1/3 or more of my time being exploration.
To be fair, he did say many times in the video that he is currently playing GoWR. So I do think he’s rushing the story and hasn’t spent much time exploring the different realms.
I haven't played it yet but that's what I've been hearing a lot about from Ragnarok. Is it even more open exploration than the 2018 game? Cause even that game had way more exploration than any of the past games. I was incredibly impressed with the exploration and rpg elements in the 2018 game since non of the past games ever had any of that. So if Ragnarok has even more of that, then I completely disagree with Wood saying the game is incredibly linear.
Probably rushed. Saw some streamers beat the game around 24 hours lmao
Any category that allowed me to vote for Xenoblade 3 I did. It deserves at least one win.
Scott is one of those content creators that I could listen to talk about literally anything for like 2 hrs. He could literally be talking about how he likes his bread toasted, and it would be the most interesting thing to me.
who’s scott
I used to think that Scott should be nominated but the category has been a cursed one with whoever wins.
Yea no he isn’t
I agree. He made a movie about a blue rectangle and a 20 minute long video about empty boxes.
Not saying Elden Ring doesn't deserve to be his vote for best OST, but I find it funny how La Garte Prison Camp was the song Wood chose to compete with the other soundtracks in his mind
Yeah it seemed really disingenuous, especially for someone who supposedly played the game.
@@oscarisbestboi8118 Exactly and choosing final battle stuff for the other games
He probably just youtubed "InsertGame top music" or something and those were the first that showed up for him for each game 🤷🏾
Y'all really think he had a plan to make the others look worse than ER? 😂
@@KevinAccetta I can assure you that La Garte Prison Camp is nowhere near the top music from Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The other games wish their best tracks were half as good as the mid-tier ones from XC3
@@oscarisbestboi8118 regardless, to think he intentionally chose specific songs to make the other games seem bad is so dumb. He just has his opinion lol
That ad was some of the best original content I've seen in a while. Thank you for the '90s TV nostalgia, a flash back to my child hood.
imagine comparing a map theme to a main theme or the final boss fight and choosing the final boss fight track as your favorite. something tells me you didn't play XC3 otherwise you would have choose the boss fight theme or even the last boss fight theme instead of a random map lol
I was thinking about that, he could have heared Moebius Battle theme, or The Weight of Life, but he chose the Li Garden theme wich is not comparable to a final boss theme
He posted a picture of the XC3 credits on Twitter saying he had thoughts but I think he enjoyed it. You're right about the music choice tho, I thought the same thing
No doubt that Elden Ring has an absolutely incredible soundtrack, but seems like a weird comparison between its Final Battle and God of War's Ragnarok, literally the most climactic and cinematic pieces from the entire soundtrack, and then Li Garte Prison Camp, an innocuous and low-key area theme. I think Weight of Life or Homecoming would have been better choices for comparison.
fr, how are you gonna compare the final boss theme to some random area theme...
I truly believe that Wood consistently has some of the best ad segments on the platform, they’re genuinely amazing😂😂🙌🏼
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Its tie between Wood and Eric from Internet Comment Etiquette
Yup, I just can’t skip his, they’re too entertaining 😂
You are one fun person to watch. I appreciate the humor and all the intelligence that requires. Thanks for the fun man.
I don’t care if it’s been nearly 6 months since xenoblade 3 came out. I’d still watch the heck out of Wood’s review of it! Release a review!
I second this. I know he did not like the hot mess that is Xenoblade 2 so I'm very curious what his thoughts are on 3 because it is amazing!
Pretty sure he's either negatively biased with Xenoblade as a franchise no matter how good the games are individually, or he hates JRPGs as a whole categorically
@@suzyocean7392 he’s made some comments suggesting he likes xenoblade 3 but I’m still curious either way!
As someone who completed the game for the first time earlier this year I would also be very interested in it. I'm wondering what his thoughts are on improvements of some things he critiqued XC2 for, but the most important for me would be if he mentions the music atleast once. I say this because of 2 things. The first being that he didn't mention it whatsoever in his XC:DE review, and the second being his insane bias towards Elden Ring, or secret hate towards the Xenoblade series in Best Score
elden ring even had my pops hooked for 100+ hours, it reinvigorated my love for video games, def worthy of goty
Say that to monster hunter world a game that hooked me for 900+ hours
@@air-gaspcurio-TextingStorys that’s some questionable time management but ok
@@Puttis yeah i know what you mean but im not the highest tho there are people with 1500 to 2k hours so yeah like i said or you know what tell that the whole monster hunter Franchise 😂😂
@@air-gaspcurio-TextingStorys true lol
I didnt play Elden Ring but i wouldve 100% voted for it too, i was even watching videos about it even tho i wasnt playing it.
Geoff Keighley has acknowledged most just watch the Game Awards just for world premieres. It's nice that he tries to show respect and reverence to industry folks since so many give the devs and VAs a hard time, but alot of that goes out the window when he has to roll off like 3 awards after a Shick Hydrobot ad to prep a new trailer for Wolverine on ps5.
The musical acts are usually really good tho.
You can explore like 5 realms in ragnarok. While it’s not as massive as Elden ring there is a LOT to explore, collect and see throughout the realms, and the side quests are amazing
You can Explore all 9 realls in rangadrock
@@kollekciorozsdas6110 you can't explore asgard
@The Leaprachaun But Elden Ring is poor. Its just an open world Dark Souls and introduces almost nothing entirely new when compared to previous From Software games... At this point, having played every Souls game (including old and remake of Demons Souls) through endless times until I hit max level and collected every item, beat every boss etc. I'm now fed up of this Souls formula. Combat is the same. Controls almost identical apart from being able to jump. Even the lore is very similar to the Souls games. Elden Ring for me, isn't even in the top 5 games of the year.
GoW? Now that game is a serious masterpiece but, it's only as good as it is because 2018 GoW set it up to be. You need to have played both through to completion to truly appreciate how much of a masterpiece Ragnarok actually is. Even more so if you played through all previous GoWs too!!!
@The Leaprachaun Well yeah, that's for sure. But more playtime doesn't equal a game of the year. I'm just tired of the same old Souls formula. I can't understand why so many people think its GOTY when GoW literally has an incredible story and fresher gameplay.
I find it hilarious that for the music bit you had major themes from God of War and Elden Ring and then the Prison Camp music from Xenoblade 3. I assume you listened to others from each game before making this video but it's just a funny choice to use the Prison Camp music of all things.
YES like obviously it’s a lovely theme but why are you comparing one of the most subdued tracks in the game to like the most hype tracks in the other games? It’s almost as if he’s trying to make the music of xeno 3 look bad compared to the others… like why don’t you play the moebius battle theme lmfao
While not an open world, I’d argue that there’s “no exploration” to be had in GoW: R. Most of the fun times I had was wandering off the path of the compass and just stumbling upon a mini-boss that felt like a gut check or a puzzle that felt like a nice calm break after the combat. Just my opinion tho.
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Exactly
Played both Elden ring and gowr, loved them both, actually dropped off Elden ring right before the final boss but still spent dozens of hours in the game. I think it deserves all the accolades and probably should win goty, but it’s gowr for me personally. Even after getting massive spoilers (thanks CZcams algorithm), the story still hit like a truck and I actually did love the exploration. It’s “corridors” but I loved exploring the branching paths, some of which open to enormous optional areas and even the return visits after new unlocks.
Good video Wood, I feel you gave clear/concise reasoning for all of your picks. I agree with Elden Ring being more impactful overall and also love the praise of KoF.
Best ad ever, I've never enjoyed a sponsored ad so much thank you for being awesome 😎
That was the best sponsor plug-in I've ever seen in a long time!! 😂😂😂
Refuses to vote if he hasn't played more than one game in a category. Votes for Sonic 2 without seeing Arcane nor Edgerunners. That one made me grunt 🤣
Love these yearly GOTY voting videos!
I think the reason we're not hearing more about it is because there is more story, and people don't want to spoil it. It's also only been out a couple weeks, whereas Elden ring probably doesn't spoil anything sharing that a boss exists.
Yeah exactly like I'm doing myself just hiding all ragnarök videos 😂😂
the internet has never cared about spoiling stuff for others. i get stuff spoiled all the time and if people are considerate about spoiling a story they will label it as a spoiler warning but it’s one or the other. if people aren’t talking about it as much it’s not because of spoilers and the story. because there’s always gonna be people who talk about stuff like that and don’t label something as a spoiler and there will also be people who do talk about stuff and label it as a spoiler. if you’re not hearing about it, it’s not because of the spoilers
You’re not hearing about it because it’s a Sony exclusive and wasn’t available in every platform at launch. You’ll never get the same internet chatter in a exclusive title as you would a multi-platform title.
As someone who never had an interest in either Souls likes and Ragnarok I can safely say the reason Elden Ring is going to win is because it made people like me actually interested in playing it and I put about 300 hours into it and had a great time. Where as for ragnarok I watched a bit of game play for it and immediately was turned off the game cause it looked repetitive and linear. Not saying its a bad game but open world beautiful games like Elden Ring never come along like that game did and it presented itself so well that it really does deserve the spot.
@@HaydenThomasScott So basically every linear game should always lose against a open world game just by default? worst take ive ever read lmao
Goodness gracious this was a fun video. Thanks so much for all the hard work put into this Wood - I had a smile the entire time I was watching!
That was one of the BEST yt ads I've ever seen, amazing job, this is why your my favorite, normally I skip those except yours and Bob's.
Just got my hands on Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and I'm excited to play it! Great to see it in so many categories for Game of the Year as I've never played a Xenoblade game before, but I heard this one was really good!
I feel the same way, I got it about 2 weeks ago and it is wonderful, my first Xenoblade game but definitely worth it! Hope you enjoy it!
Tbh I almost bought in on launch but I don't want to touch it before finishing Xenoblade 2. I just finished Xenoblade 1 a couple weeks ago and I've been playing Xenoblade 2 whenever I have spare time.
@@X_Scorpion_X cool to know that you don't need prior knowledge from past games to enjoy this new one. I already bought the other games sitting on my backlog last year so might as well play it lmao
@@meikisaragi1445 Yep, I'm gonna get Xenoblade 1 and 2 after Christmas! I hope you enjoy 3 once you get it!
I xant get into the xenoblade games even though I own three of them and two special editions. However I did play the Xenosaga games 20+ years ago and Shion is burned into my soul lolz. And Cosmos, her creation, is playable in Xenosaga 3 even though it takes place a 1000 years or more into the future. That's one tough Robot!!
That was one of the best intros I've heard on yt in a while, also your videos lately have been very entertaining, thanks for the content!
That was THE BEST sponsor add you have ever done. Absolutely hilarious!
100% agree, Elden Ring had a huge impact on me and made it to my top 3 favourite games of all times next to ff7 the original and Zelda botw. ER was sooo refreshing to me as it was my first souls game and I felt I had to learn everything as if I never played an rpg before. Amazing experience.
And Wood, that banana Satisfye ad was hilarious 😂
Same dude,,elden is my first soul game,,for what all the people say before i buy the game,,it hard and punishing,,i actually hold to buy it,,but at last i play it,,,and my heart beat so fast..even thought its no survival horror game,,😭😭😊
I hated it. I play games to have fun.
That moebius theme already sold me on xenoblade for the soundtrack award
Phenomenal sponsor spot - couldnt stop smiling! 💥
Same for me. 😂
Its hilarious he seems like someone who had to film it as fast as possible making it so chaotic
Your channel is a gift to gamers. Love ya buddy! Keep em comin!
It's a shame Xenoblade isn't going to win in any of the categories it's nominated for. JRPGs don't ever get love at these shows because these game journalists never give them the time of day unless it's Final fantasy. Elden ring is probably going to sweep everything and that's coming from someone who hates elden ring.
Absolutely love your content Wood! You're my favorite youtube dude :)
That ad read is the funniest thing I've seen the entire year. Like out of everything everything this year, not even game related. Nice work Wood!
Game of the year honestly depends on what you want from a game. Personally i just really liked God Of War Ragnarok, it was the perfect follow up from 2018 and the story just really hit home for me. Elden ring is a good game as well but i just really like story games
Gosh dang, king. I hope you had as much fun making that ad as I did watching it. Thanks for all the hard work and fun times this year.
Wood calling Cards Against Humanity a family game leads me to believe he definitely has never played it 💀
Depends on the family 😂
We play yearly around Christmas time game night. It's even more fkd up and funny when you see what your family comes up with where it's unexpected. Playing with my friends, I already know how dumb or crazy they can be, it gets easy to see coming and picking the right things to get some votes.
There is a family edition, which we have and play
There's a family edition. Also depends on the family 😅 mine plays the R rated one.
@@taylorjames14 True, jealous of all the parents out there who are totally cool with playing the R rated version with their kids 😄
I love these videos!!! Please do them for the rest of your career😂
Lmao this is my favorite video ya dude the banana jokes.....pure gold.
Dude, your sponsor commercial literally had me dying. Keep up the good content Wood. Always love when you drop a new video. 👌🏻
Scorn's art direction is unlike anything else. It's insanely beautiful in a terrifying way. Feels like you're in a Tool music video
I never get tired of your content keep it up
Finally I was waiting for this video to come out! Also just a heads up just in case since its tommorow but happy thanksgiving!
Really looking forward to the holiday buying guide video for this year, those videos are always bangers.
For me it's Xenoblade 3 in all nominated categories!
Not just because 3 is such a good game. But this nomination finally gives Xenoblade a chance to shine on a big stage. It deserves to be there. The developers put their soul into the franchise and you can feel it in all 4 games.
The other games are way bigger so there is no chance Xenoblade will win but I am just happy for monolith soft to be included on a stage with the biggest studios out there!
It actually got nominated for the correct ones only. I'm actually gonna be mad if it doesn't even win best score.
Love the Xenoblade series and (almost done) with 3. While I think it's great and I'm happy it's here, I think it might be the weakest in the franchise. I have yet to complete X either but, I find each entry is the best at something(s) except 3 is just really good in most of it's categories. I dunno, I'm looking forward to Monolithsoft doing a new IP before returning to the Xeno world.
@@shawnje3072 lol 1 is the weakest while 2 and 3 are the strongest overall. 1 only has story and characters going for it while the open world is completely empty to explore besides orbs, bad side quests and colldctopedia. 2 and 3 have way more builds and customisation, tons of chests and rewards for exploring every inch and a way more in depth and more fun battle system.
1 is a great game still but I don't get why people praise it so much when each game has improved in every single area besides maybe story.
@@malazan6004 In my opinion all three games excel in certain things.
1 has the best story, 2 the best world both visually and creativally, also the best villains, meanwhile 3 has the best characters and quest system, like it's impressive how much better the quests were
@@shawnje3072 oh nah bro, finish it. It’s best at story imo just because of the last ten hours. Otherwise well yeah ofc 1 wins
My GOTY is Kirby and the Forgotten Land. No game has made me happier or been more fun this year. It was magical.
Same. I bought the Forgotten Land because my little brother wanted to play it, but I think I liked it even more than he did. I have not actually played any of the games nominated for GOTY. I would like to play Stray, but I don't have a Playstation.
@@robertgamer3112 so play it on PC???
@@cg78791 I don't have a good gaming PC.
Kirby and the forgotten land was definitely a good game but it was wayyyyy too short. I got 100% in 30 hours
This is the best commercial you’ve ever made my dude😹 11/5 Stars. And you hit the Marty nail right on the head lololol
That is quite possibly the best sponsored segment I’ve seen on CZcams. Hats off to you fam you content is always top notch. Unlike the game awards ❤
Hold my cup of coffee, did Woods from BeatEmUps just said that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 deserve to be nominated for Game of the Year? The Xeno Community receive another Dub 🙌🏻
we finally got him
im really feeling these Ws
Every time Wood said God of War doesn’t let you explore, it hurt me a little, Ragnarok actually does a lot to encourage you to explore, the side quests are the best from any game I’ve ever played, and along with the rewards you receive from the side quests, the dialogue and lore you’re fed whilst you do them are incredibly valuable and thicken the game’s story overall, and this weird idea that open world games immediately have an edge over linear games needs to stop, that kind of mindset is how we get mindless imitations of other games that changed to be more open just for the fact that open world games are really popular at the moment, Sonic Frontiers and Pokemon Scarlett/Violet come to mind…
Omg looking at this paragr.... sentence is a pain. Please use punctuation marks sigh
But it does. Sometimes you’re in a middle of a a quest and Mimir shouts to follow some other character and you can not sidetrack and explore. It’s just a fact.
Yeah most of the side quest on all realms open up the game by another 30-40%. Like the Vanaheim quests open up such a huge 5 hour chunk of the game.
@@ricardoalmeida4719 Mimir says that SPECIFICALLY because you CAN go on to explore, wdym 🤨
@@AsteroSloth the game doesn’t allow you to sometimes. You have the thingy to attach the blades of chaos to jump a gap but you can’t do it until you finish the quest and come back. It literally blocks the mechanic dude. It happened to me several times.
I never thought that the best CZcams ads would be made by someone named after a Minecraft Block
I didn't even realize that Satisfye ad WAS an ad until almost the end! I was trying to figure out what all the banana puns were for till I realized you were wearing a DK costume! lol. Awesome, hilarious vid, Wood! :D
I actually think Scorn could take best art direction. Whatever you think about the gameplay, the whole game is essentially an art gallery love letter.
I love how you compare Li Garte Prison Camp to the final boss theme of Eldin Ring. GOTY really just makes me realize how much I need a PlayStation or Steamdeck. I’m sure Elden Ring will win, but I want Xenoblade to. It is my dream to one day play Eldin Ring.😂 Keep up the great content!
Great video! As an aside as a musician watching you holding the SM7b like a sm58 is just wild LOL!
I know youtubers get a lot of their income through sponsorships and that is awesome & absolutely fine! But badly done sponsorship section usually get on my nerves and makes me want to skip it (this is something I need to work on, I don't want to affect on someone's income!) but your sponsorship section was absolutely golden! It was so entertaining and made me actually interested in the product. Keep doing what you do! 💫
That... was the greatest ad read I've ever seen.
Bro keep up the good work man everytime I watch your videos it’s a banger man keep the infectious personality brother we all need it peace and love to you and you family man really appreciate the artist you are brother
This was a good video! Just wish CZcams would've told me it was out. What's the point of the bell if I don't get the notification?!
Please don’t say that people are complaining because xenoblade made it to top 6 they never get anything in game awards, it’s also my favourite game series of all time
Xenoblade’s musical score is amazing. The best in the series.
Honestly the best sponsor I have see you do 😂 was cracking up so much
It’s interesting seeing different perspectives around CZcams. Notably with what people have/have not heard of. Like going from SkillUp and Jake Baldino to Wood is really enlightening.
100% agree with your goty vote.
Still looking forward to that Xenoblade 3 review whenever it happens 👀
Same bro. I really REALLY want to know what he thinks of the game
That ad started while I wasn't looking at my screen and I thought it was a rick and morty advert, sounded so much like morty
Wood!!! Have a great Thanksgiving you and RGT85 are my favorite CZcamsrs out there. I hope you and Kim have a great Thanksgiving. Hope this time next year you are nominated in that CZcams category.
Haven't played GoW so I can't speak for that, but as great of a game elden ring is, its soundtrack is no where near Xenoblades level
Saying that god of War is not free to explore means you did something wrong. I had much issues with choosing between gow and Elden Ring. But gow has so many places to explore so many secrets and open areas it just rocks. You can open 2 additionaly big parts of the map in vanahaim and alfheim that have nothing to do with plot and just go have fun. It has great story, characters and is so Full of emotion. It still makes me wanna Cry because of how spoiler spoiler spoiler. And I did platinim in both games so I know them well.
That’s what I’m saying god of war honestly has probably the best story of any game that’s come out in recent years, also adding that they have great dialogue for even after the game ends. Like I did a good amount of side quests during the story and I’m done with story and have only completed 35% of the game. It’s insane how much god of war has to offer I will be very sad if they don’t come out with another.
I think some people misunderstand the whole explore thing. There is a clear difference between "directed" and "freeform" exploration. GoW uses the directed method, where the majority of players will have the option to do additional content that is mostly placed in their way so as not to miss it completely, whereas Elden Ring (for example) mainly uses the freeform method, which requires players diverge from the main path in order to actively find something that could have easily been missed.
Design philosophy is completely different for these games and studios. Santa Monica wants to deliver a story first and foremost, which requires the majority of players to not get lost or wander off, so they can experience the payoff before becoming disinterested. Whereas From Software is not concerned if players do not reach the end of their game, since the payoff they are trying to deliver is an immersive experience where some gamers may find areas that others completely missed.
Also, directed exploration typically depends on singular correct paths and invisible walls to push the game forward, with additional use of what I call "treasure dead-ends", whereas freeform exploration will allow for accessing content in multiple ways, such as finding a back entrance or jumping over a wall, and very seldom uses any invisible walls to discourage going "out of bounds". The sense of finding something hidden is typically stronger than the choice of doing something extra that was more obvious, which may be what Wood means by simply saying "not as explorable", and avoiding making an essay out of it, lol! Hope that clarifies a bit. Happy gaming!
Gow is so linear that there is no free roam
I misread and thought you were saying gow open world is just rocks 😂
@@Beanboy137 ew no
That ad segment was so good! Like a 90s clip meets a Rick and Morty inter dimensional cable channel 😂😂
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I HAD to watch that ad 3 times... so creative, so hilarious... you almost cracking up, making Kim crack up, made me crack up and made my day as well. Just loved it.
Was so cringe.
Just like a TV commercial for the kinda ugly (dont like the colourpalets and none of the presented rly feel organic to the switch) yet comfy grip would be.
@@ForumcoldiArchon well, to each his own, dude... I laughed my @ss off and I'd surely buy the grip if there were no fees to ship to Brazil, which is where I'm from.
When he was listening to the music and instantly said Elden Ring I was hyped lol hope it wins!
Those split second pauses during the ad breaking out of character and with no green screen were hilarious
the puns in the ad segment were all so good, "from chimpan-A to chimpan-Z" caught me off guard
Gonna say it straight. Sonic was robbed not being nominated for best soundtrack. And I think Pokémon should have been nominated for it to since it’s one of the few consistently amazing things about the series.
Just my opinion, but I was devastated with the new OST...Legends Arceus felt like it had the BEST soundtrack in the entire series, and then SV comes along and has battle themes that are just slightly more intense versions of monotonous area themes
There's still some great tracks...I just didn't really vibe as much with the music this year
@@Cybersomnia SV has a fair few bangers like team star and raid battles. But Arceus really should have been nominated.
Delusional
@@GradietPanda12345 *objectively correct
@@kingrippzard2027 delusional
That sponsor add was 🔥. Seriously, awesome! 👍
The jokes were cringe though 🤣 😅
@@Ripper4707 that's the joke...
your so good at talking about games do a top 10 or 20 BEST games of all time in you're opinion you could add Zelda, Elden ring and Red dead redemption 2 or 1
These types of videos are very helpful for someone like myself who enjoys videos games but works other full time jobs so I can’t dedicate a lot of research into figuring out the best game for me to pick up and start playing
Wood, I’m so glad you liked Elden Ring. FromSoft games are masterpieces. Did you ever make a CZcams video out of the stream vods of you playing it? I would love to see that.
every game other then 2 i agree. really hoping for a dark souls.1 remake at some point.
@@aceknight6622 Yeah the main game I want Fromsoft to make is a DS1 remake where everything up to O and S is basically the same(maybe not Capra demon) except the mechanics and graphics are the same as DS3. For the end game I think they should re work everything to what they originally intended it to be as it's obvious they were rushed in the end game on the original.
For me, I was really ready for Elden Ring to be the Souls game that I finally got into and it is the most I have gotten into one. But I've spent more time watching lore videos because of how awesome it is compared to playing the game.
I think I just have open world fatigue. That's why God of War: Ragnarok is my GOTY. And I think it depends on what you're looking for. Wood obviously places a huge emphasis on exploration over linearity which I get.
But Ragnarok made me tear up multiple times through the story it told. Combat is more fleshed out and deeper than 2018 and the performances are the best in the industry. Elden Ring will 100% win at the Game Awards and it's well-deserved, just not for me.
Exactly! His opinion on open world games vs linear games was hella bizarre, making it sound like linear games nowadays are godawful or just a bad direction to have? Like what? (GOWR was linear but it allowed players to derail from the story and explore the beautiful realms Which was awesome) I get it, its his opinion but his emphasis on open world made it sound like thats the best feature to have in a game…..and its not lol
@@azureknight729 I think you're misunderstanding what Wood was saying. I haven't beaten Ragnarok yet, but it's certainly more linear than the last game, yet they both have a great story to follow. Personally I'm glad it's a bit more linear, just cuz I have so many games I wanna play, so I don't wanna sink a bunch of hours into everything.
Anyway, what I understood is that he finds Ragnarok more polished and with a better story overall. Yet Horizon, while not being *as* good, had the benefit of an open exploration, which he personally enjoyed more.
Obviously open world does not automatically mean better.
@@azureknight729 Gameplay is 💩 however. Good story and good graphics but the gameplay is lame
people are impressive
@@jmelz155 What? I thought the combat was amazing. Much better than Elden Ring. What Elden Ring has that GOW hasn't is the exploration element.
Woah, didn't expect to see a satisfye ad while I was watching Interdimensional cable.
That was such a cool and unique sponsored bit, I wished more youtubers would make them interesting like that, makes me actually wanna watch them
Xenoblade 3 100% deserved goty nomination, haven’t watch the video yet but just getting that out of the way…
Lmao yeah Ight
It absolutely does.
If you think otherwise then you either just haven't played it, or you can't stomach any RPGs (which, hey, to each there own, but if you dislike the entire genre you can't really opinionate on what makes an RPG good, or amazing)
@SuperPaperPokemon lmao 🤣 I definitely love rpgs and I definitely hate xenoblade. Just saying, these are all opinions. You can't say anyone is definitively right or wrong. It's all subjective.
@@SuperPaperPokemon it isn’t on par with elden ring or god of war. That franchise is overrated imo
it was my goty until the ending ending happened because it dissapointed me too much so I changed it back to elden ring.
That sponsor ad was so hilarious! Such a great idea and such an amazing video overall!
These are some of my favorite videos and the ad just made it my favorite one out of all the of the game of the year videos.
Are you still making the Xenoblade review tho? Really interested to hear your thoughts considering how you thought about 2
Yeah Elden Ring no question. I haven't played God of War Ragnarok yet, but from what I hear it's more of the same as the first one. That's great, but that doesn't beat Elden Ring. Not with like you said the impact it had, the masterful change from the Dark Souls formula into the open world.
I appreciate how you give us such hilarious and informative videos thank you and you and Kim look sooooo perfect together
That has to be one of the best ad reads I've ever watched XD
I highly recommend check out Two Point Campus.
If you love Theme Hospital, the same devs that made that game, actually revived to become Two Point. You had Two Point Hospital a few years ago and now Campus!
Why game awards Is so "wrong"
Xenoblade shuld win best soundtrack, its honestly no competiotion
Your add was awesome, Some good out of the box thinking
wood not realizing you can just click on your vote again to reverse it
Can we take a moment to appreciate all content Wood is putting out ❤
No
Yes we can and it's awesome as always.